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Olivier Gandrillon — A system’s biology approach to understand stochasticity in gene expression

Orateur :

Olivier Gandrillon, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Villeurbanne

Quand :

Mercredi 27 Janvier à 11h

Où :

C023 (RDC LR6 côté Centre Blaise Pascal)

Titre :

A system’s biology approach to understand stochasticity in gene expression

Résumé :

There is an increasing body of evidence showing the importance of stochasticity in gene expression in various biological phenomena ((Benzer, 1953) ; (Ross et al., 1994) ; (Golding et al., 2005) ; (Elowitz et al., 2002) ; pour des revues récentes voir (Kaern et al., 2005) ; (Raser and O’Shea, 2005) ; (Maheshri and O’Shea, 2007)).), including differentiation ((Wernet et al., 2006) ; (Hume, 2000) ; (Kupiec, 1997) ; (Paldi, 2003) ; (Chang et al., 2008)). We are aiming at understanding the molecular causes of this stochasticity in gene expression in higher eukaryotic cells through a system’s biology approach, combining modeling and experimental evidences. Our modeling focuses on the promoter level, and integrates the complex interplay of the dynamics of transcription factors and their combinatorial mutual influences. In parallel we have started acquiring expression level in single cells in real time, using a model of primary chicken erythrocytic progenitors ((Gandrillon et al., 1999)). Although the completion of the virtuous circle (modeling > experiments > modeling) still lies ahead of us, preliminary evidences indicate that stochasticity is a complex phenomenon that can only be fully understood by a systemic approach.

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